Love

Under midnight suns and moonlit nights, you held my gaze and tried it on for size, it fit just right.

Your warmest kisses on the coldest nights, and your love-struck gaze from across our isle - my invitation to come alive.

Our love rose as we fell, slowly then all at once, our heavenly bodies performing cosmic ballet.

I collapsed into you with euphoric sighs as all my burdens dissolved in your light.

As my eyes closed I fell under, locked in orbit with you, my lover.

Under twinkling star fields and the infinite sky, our love became the truth for the rest of time.

Born of rending space and roaring time,

His void-gilded crown shifting in restless static,

He sat upon his throne of eternity.

His gaze was of thunderstorms and hurricanes,

Wielding infinity in his smile and forever in his hands.

He toyed with reality,

And when bored, built a kingdom in my dreams.

He lives for as long as I can feel him,

And because I felt him, he lived.

He is of cosmic origin with terrestrial passion,

Of shapeless beauty and fractal hearts.

His words have launched a thousand ships,

But none more noble than the one in my soul.

He rules my dreams from his black-hole form,

And I see him there, among gardens of planets

And fields of stars, in our private Eden,

Even if only in my dreams.

Lost in your rhythm, in your endless harmony.

Your symphonic beauty arpeggiates my heart beat.

You compose and conduct the ballad of my love; the muse to my artist.

Your soft tympani’s and encompassing snares caught my affection, you’re my greatest movement and most hopeful direction.

You’re the song that i repeat, on a loop endlessly.

Your soprano halo and your tenor body, your pianissimo kindness and fortissimo passion: a melodious fusion.

You’re the wind in the chimes, and the bass in the drums, you’re the track to my poems and my chorus of love.

You raise the volume of my life and silence my fears; my love, you’re simply music to my ears.

I'll sip your nightshade, pour me a cup of your Kool-Aid.

I know your poisons, je connais tes fleurs.

I know you're dangerous, I'm a connoisseur.

I'll down you off the vine or barrel-aged,

I'll take you on the rocks, or scalding hot.

I'll savor your florals and suffer the thorns.

I've done this before, it will happen again.

Misery trails as my shadow, my dark companion.

I know your kind, I've seen it before,

I know you well, you're the type I fall for.

Our love dawned as it rose, and before I could see it, you were my daylight.

When the emotion cracked, and my walls fell, your soft touch felt just right.

Between midnight howling and midday dreaming, the rays of your love became feelings.

As we spun in circles just for fun, the glow of daylight was on the horizon,

As the shadows were fading, as our silhouette's twirled,

As the day was breaking, as our starlit love brightened the world,

Love came with the light, and you it's you who were lit,

The light of our love was blinding, we couldn't miss it.

I say that you’re beautiful, you say “I don’t try”,

I tell you you’re worth it between your sighs.

I say that you’re magical, that you make me fly,

I tell I want you to stay as you feign goodbye.

You’re my true love, my feelings could never die,

I can’t pick my favorite part of you, it’s all a tie.

You’re an elixir of love that takes me so high,

You’re sweet like honey and strong like rye.

You question your worth but I don’t know why,

You say it’s not the truth but why would I lie?

You’re my forever home, in my “Wildest Dreams.”

I’ll be Bonnie if you’ll be my Clyde, promise me forever even if it’s just for tonight.

I could spend a forever chasing your setting sun, twirling beside my “Dancing Queen.”

When you’re with me, nothing is wrong; you’re my James Dean daydream where all is right.

You’re a fantasy come alive, you’re my “Teenage Dream.”

You’re Elvis reincarnate, a diamond in the rough,

You’re the Aaron Carter to my Hillary Duff.

You’re my Hollywood glamor, but your beating heart’s serene. When I look in your eyes, I “Come Clean.”

Among twisting caverns and secret tunnels,

The love we made lives in their channels,

I’ll love you under nightfall where our shadow’s meet,

As they entangle themselves and us in our sheets,

At the river’s end of our private creeks,

In the frigid flurry’s floral flush on your cheeks,

Between shades of grey in candle light,

This love of ours glows best out of sight,

I’ll keep your secrets and make them my own,

I’ll hold them close and give them a home,

This love is hidden but couldn't be wrong,

Our hushed devotion is our siren’s song,

These umbral fires tend to our spark,

Our love shines brightest in the dark.

All my life spent searching, unsure what for, I found you under the gentle deluge, amidst petrichor.

As the rain poured, as your umbrella was beat, as your gaze met mine, as the last train did depart, as the sleepless city slept, as you stopped my heart.

All your life spent running, unsure where to, you found me under the neon lights, glowing true.

As behind me the sun set, as the lights dwindled down, as I became your star-chart, as the rain froze midair, as you knew we’d never be apart.

Under cityscapes and skylines, under the dim-lit skies, amidst the fluorescent buzz you and I found each other;

Under the the restless hum of city lights, we found love at first sight.

You can be the mouse and I can be the cat,

You can be the maze and I can be the rat,

I will follow you wherever you may roam,

I can be the dog if you can be the bone,

I can pursue for as long as you can run,

I can be the moon if you can be my sun,

You can be the doe and I can your dear,

You can be my mark but you don’t have to fear,

I’ll protect you forever as long as you’re near,

You can be the the horse and i’ll be your neigh,

You can be the predator and i can be your prey,

I can be the hunter if you can be the game,

Which ever role you want, we’re just the same,

The hunt is on and I’ve got you in my sights,

The fight is fleeting, but our love takes flight.

I’ll play you face down with diamonds to start,

I’m the king of the club and the queen of your heart.

Nothing but tricks and an ace up my sleeve,

I’ll let you win when you’re about to leave.

I’ve got a full house, you’re just in the yard,

You can cut the deck how you like, they’re still my cards.

I know your hand, I have you in spades,

Love’s a game, try again, you’ve been played.

Shred me into ribbons and wear me as a scarf, envelop me fully, without hesitation.

Take me on, try me out, do I compliment, contrast, exaggerate?

Do you wear me up or down, formal or informal, fully covered or completely bare?

Compose me, mold me, make me your own.

I've never felt more like myself than when you tried me on.

On the razor’s edge of an ocean’s ripple,

I’m carried by your riptide,

Whirling through pools of blue,

Guided by your tender current.

The deluge fell, the tide swelled—

All because you wished it so.

Now I float, swirling round

The pool of your existence.

I’m 20,000 leagues under your sea,

But I’m breathing fine.

Wherever the tide may carry me,

You’ll always be my lifeline.